For the second time in a year, the administration at the Lancaster County Airport is changing.

Sandy Laubscher, a county employee who took over as airport supervisor in December, is stepping down from the post today to accept a management position at a Rock Hill company.

Laubscher took over at the airport after Lancaster Aviation, a private business that oversaw the day-to-day operations at the airport for more than six years, shut down its operations there at the end of 2009.

KERSHAW – Tattoo enthusiasts may soon be able to get their ink in Kershaw.

Kershaw Town Council passed first reading of an ordinance Aug. 16 to allow tattoo facilities in its general commercial zoning district.

C.J. Brower, 23, wants to open a tattoo shop and rented a store next to Town Hall before council passed the ordinance to allow tattoo facilities. However, the zoning district where that building is situated in a more restrictive zoning district.

Mayor Wayne Rhodes expressed concern about the shop being right next to Town Hall last month.

INDIAN LAND – Margaret Barfield carefully scanned the shelves for deals as she pushed her cart through the new ALDI food market in Indian Land.

Barfield, who lives just miles from the store, was one of many shoppers swarming the aisles of the store during its grand opening Thursday morning.

She has been traveling to the Rock Hill ALDI for years to take advantage of the chain’s unique discounts and brands, and couldn’t wait for her favorite store to open near her home. The new store is at the intersection of Marvin Road and U.S. 521.

Customers of Verizon Wireless will soon have much spacier confines to browse products and take care of other cell phone-related business.

Verizon Wireless in Lancaster is having a new office built on S.C. 9 Bypass near the Founders Federal Credit Union headquarters. It will replace the space it’s been using across from Walmart since it took the place of Alltel last year.

Louis Streater, code enforcer for the city of Lancaster, said a building permit was granted May 4 to WT DuBois Construction Inc. of Tennessee, the contractor for the project.

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Despite the poor economy and the fact that she already had a stable nursing job at Springs Memorial Hospital, the lifelong Lancaster resident was looking for a new profession. Catoe, 38, said she loves nursing but wanted to express herself in a “happier setting.”

“Event planning has always been something I wanted to do, but going into nursing was a career I could depend on,” she said.